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A View From the Bridge (1961), East of Eden (1955), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Home From the Hill (1960), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), The Sound and the Fury (1959), The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

A View From the Bridge (1961)

A View From the Bridge (1961)

6.8/10 Drama

Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two brothers, illegal immigrants, Marco and Rodolpho. Catherine falls in love with Rudolpho; and Eddie, tormented but unable to admit even to himself his quasi-incestuous love, reports the...Read all

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East of Eden (1955)

East of Eden (1955)

7.9/10 Drama

A wilful young man contends against his brother for the attention of their religious father while reconnecting with his estranged mother and falling for his brother's girlfriend.

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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

7.7/10 Romance, Drama

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

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Home From the Hill (1960)

Home From the Hill (1960)

7.4/10 Drama

Dramatic story of the influential Hunnicutt family set in Texas during the late 1950s.

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A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

6.5/10 Drama

A man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left.

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The Sound and the Fury (1959)

The Sound and the Fury (1959)

6.2/10 Drama

Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes and respect.

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The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

8.8/10 Drama

Sudden money ruins a struggling writer (Van Johnson) and his wife (Elizabeth Taylor) in post-World War II Paris.

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Once Is Not Enough (1975)

Once Is Not Enough (1975)

4.5/10 Drama, Gay & Lesbian

A young woman goes home to New York after a long stay in Europe. Her former schoolmate introduces her to the decadence of New York and she ultimately falls in love with an older man who's a stand-in for her father, before tragedy strikes.

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Eva (1962)

Eva (1962)

6.7/10 Drama

Best-selling author Tyvian Jones (Stanley Baker) has a life of leisure in Venice, Italy, until he has a chance encounter with sultry Frenchwoman Eva Olivier (Jeanne Moreau). He falls for her instantly, despite already having wedding plans with Francesca Ferrara (Virna Lisi). Winning Eva's affection proves elusive; she's more interested in money than in love. But Tyvian remain steadfast in his obsession, going after Eva with a fervor that threatens to destroy his life.

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Thirst (1957)

Thirst (1957)

10.0/10 Drama

Vijay (Guru Dutt) writes unpopular poems about the destitute and poor. Ridiculed by his brothers and scorned by publishers, Vijay finds encouragement in a sweet prostitute, Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman). When a homeless man wearing a coat Vijay gave him is killed, Gulabo convinces a publisher to print his poems, believing Vijay to be dead. The poems are wildly popular, thanks to the myth conjured around Vijay's supposed death. When he reappears, he finds that few friends can be trusted.

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As the Earth Turns (1934)

As the Earth Turns (1934)

6.1/10 Drama

Drama following the lives of an immigrant farm family in Maine.

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Manon of the Spring (1986)

Manon of the Spring (1986)

8.0/10 Drama

A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.

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The Good Earth (1937)

The Good Earth (1937)

7.5/10 Drama

Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.

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The Fox (1968)

The Fox (1968)

6.6/10 Drama

Based on D.H. Lawrence's novella about two young women - sickly, chattering Jill Banford and quiet, strong Ellen March - who are trying, hopelessly, to run a chicken farm in Canada. A gentle but powerful man named Paul Grenfell who used to live on their farm returns and puts things in order. But his proposal of marriage to Ellen awakens the homosexuality dormant in th...Read all

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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

6.6/10 Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

6.6/10 Drama

In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.

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Cal (1984)

Cal (1984)

9.1/10 Drama

A young IRA recruit (John Lynch) has an affair with the widow (Helen Mirren) of a slain Ulster policeman.

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Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)

Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)

5.7/10 Drama

A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. All seems to be perfect, love arises, and happiness is on the way, but she is hiding an old secret regarding her childhood and her mother. Slowly, this secret begins to erode this perfect relationship and, perhaps, her mother's story will begin again...with her.

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